President of the United States Donald Trump continuously used and stressed the importance of nations protecting their sovereignty, and avoiding getting succumbed to global agendas in his address before the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, September 25 stressing that America will protect its independence and sovereignty and reject interference in its internal affairs.

He slammed the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) as an utter partisan body which warrants reforms and declared that no nations’ independence and sovereignty should be surrendered before the International Criminal Court which has no legitimacy and authority.

The Asian Tribune in a previous report U.S. believes staying in UNHRC abdication of sovereignty: Whither Sri Lanka? Highlighted the new Trump administration’s serious binding toward America’s independence, sovereignty and non-interference in its internal affairs as a signal to many Third World nations who were subject to pressure through global units, according to Trump, have no legitimacy and authority.

He defended his own nation’s right to trade and immigration saying that no outsider has the mandate to interfere in those areas.

He said “each of us here today is the emissary of a distinct culture, a rich history, and a people bound together by ties of memory, tradition, and the values that make our homelands like nowhere else on Earth”, and went on to say “that is why America will always choose independence and cooperation over global governance, control, and domination.”

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Total contrast to previous American administrations, especially those that were headed by Presidents Bush and Obama, President Trump declared that “I honor the right of every nation in this room to pursue its own customs, beliefs, and traditions. The United States will not tell you how to live or work or worship.”

Trump administration from its inception made a policy declaration that unless America’s national security and other vital interests are externally threatened it will not interfere in the internal affairs of other nations, and President Trump stressed at his UN address that “the United States will not tell (other nations) how to live.”

“That is why America will always choose independence and cooperation over global governance, control, and domination” Trump said. “We only ask that you honor our sovereignty in return.”

“America’s policy of principled realism means we will not be held hostage to old dogmas, discredited ideologies, and so-called experts who have been proven wrong over the years, time and time again. This is true not only in matters of peace, but in matters of prosperity, President Donald Trump declared.

“I spoke before this body last year and warned that the U.N. Human Rights Council had become a grave embarrassment to this institution, shielding egregious human rights abusers while bashing America and its many friends.

“Our Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, laid out a clear agenda for reform, but despite reported and repeated warnings, no action at all was taken.

“So the United States took the only responsible course: We withdrew from the Human Rights Council, and we will not return until real reform is enacted.

“For similar reasons, the United States will provide no support in recognition to the International Criminal Court. As far as America is concerned, the ICC has no jurisdiction, no legitimacy, and no authority. The ICC claims near-universal jurisdiction over the citizens of every country, violating all principles of justice, fairness, and due process. We will never surrender America’s sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable, global bureaucracy”, President Trump reiterated.

He gave this message to other nations:

“America is governed by Americans. We reject the ideology of globalism, and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism.

“Around the world, responsible nations must defend against threats to sovereignty not just from global governance, but also from other, new forms of coercion and domination.

“Inside everyone in this great chamber today, and everyone listening all around the globe, there is the heart of a patriot that feels the same powerful love for your nation, the same intense loyalty to your homeland.

“The passion that burns in the hearts of patriots and the souls of nations has inspired reform and revolution, sacrifice and selflessness, scientific breakthroughs, and magnificent works of art.

“Our task is not to erase it, but to embrace it. To build with it. To draw on its ancient wisdom. And to find within it the will to make our nations greater, our regions safer, and the world better.”

The United States president laid the following condition in respect of providing foreign aid:

“The United States is the world’s largest giver in the world, by far, of foreign aid. But few give anything to us. That is why we are taking a hard look at U.S. foreign assistance. That will be headed up by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. We will examine what is working, what is not working, and whether the countries who receive our dollars and our protection also have our interests at heart.

“Moving forward, we are only going to give foreign aid to those who respect us and, frankly, are our friends. And we expect other countries to pay their fair share for the cost of their defense.”

On trade he said:

“We believe that trade must be fair and reciprocal. The United States will not be taken advantage of any longer.

“For decades, the United States opened its economy — the largest, by far, on Earth — with few conditions. We allowed foreign goods from all over the world to flow freely across our borders.

“Yet, other countries did not grant us fair and reciprocal access to their markets in return. Even worse, some countries abused their openness to dump their products, subsidize their goods, target our industries, and manipulate their currencies to gain unfair advantage over our country. As a result, our trade deficit ballooned to nearly $800 billion a year.

“For this reason, we are systematically renegotiating broken and bad trade deals.”

At the tail end of his address President Trump reiterated again: “To unleash this incredible potential in our people, we must defend the foundations that make it all possible. Sovereign and independent nations are the only vehicle where freedom has ever survived, democracy has ever endured, or peace has ever prospered. And so we must protect our sovereignty and our cherished independence above all.”